Guest idoru Posted January 31, 2003 Report Posted January 31, 2003 Hi all, Has anyone travelled to the Republic of Ireland recently from either the UK or France? I am wondering if anyone has successfully connected to a GPRS network over there. I am there at least 2 weeks a month and it would be great to know if my SPV will be useful over there. I am sure it will cost alot to use it but I need to be able to send and receive email when there. thanks in advance.
Guest Syvwlch Posted January 31, 2003 Report Posted January 31, 2003 Was there this wednesday and had no GPRS. But then my settings are kinda shaky anyway, and I've a french SPV, not UK.
Guest idoru Posted January 31, 2003 Report Posted January 31, 2003 thanks for your response. Me too, I have a French SPV - I will let you know how I get on. thanks.
Guest Big Ron - No Longer a Mem Posted February 1, 2003 Report Posted February 1, 2003 Be wary... be VERY wary, of wandering around the borderland between Ulster and the Republic with "roaming" switched on. There are chunks of Ulster where the strongest CSD signal comes from across the border; you could wind up being charged for an "overseas" call even though you were inside Ulster when you made it!
Guest pete1312 Posted February 1, 2003 Report Posted February 1, 2003 http://www.gsmworld.com/technology/gprs/index.shtml I suggest you have a search on the above site re GPRS Roaming. Hope this helps.
Guest idoru Posted February 1, 2003 Report Posted February 1, 2003 thanks Pete, good site to bookmark - What are the chances that Orange have a roaming partnership with Vodafone?
Guest xanadu Posted February 1, 2003 Report Posted February 1, 2003 What are the chances that Orange have a roaming partnership with Vodafone? Zero !! Vodafone is one of Oranges competitors in the UK, so they are hardly going to agree on Roaming are they ! LOL
Guest idoru Posted February 1, 2003 Report Posted February 1, 2003 ;) :lol: :lol: :D I guess it wasn't too clear that I was being sarcastic! I need to work on my delivery ...
Guest awarner [MVP] Posted February 1, 2003 Report Posted February 1, 2003 I knew what you were trying to say ;)
Guest theplayer Posted February 1, 2003 Report Posted February 1, 2003 Hi I spoke with Orange CS today and enquired regarding internation roming with GPRS, the responce: "You will not be billed for calls to GPRS as long as you stay within your 10mb limit" Matt
Guest Will Posted February 1, 2003 Report Posted February 1, 2003 "You will not be billed for calls to GPRS as long as you stay within your 10mb limit" This seems to be far to generous :shock: ?? can it be true? It's the opposite of what I was told in December!! Or are we expected to only roam over 'real' orange networks? if not do we pay the international portion of the call? Will
Guest idoru Posted February 1, 2003 Report Posted February 1, 2003 Hi I spoke with Orange CS today and enquired regarding internation roaming with GPRS, the responce: "You will not be billed for calls to GPRS as long as you stay within your 10mb limit" Matt Hi theplayer, I presume you are based in France? The GPRS offer is different in the UK. In the UK it is unlimited for a short period while in France you have a 10MB limit for 6 Euro. I am based in France but what Orange CS told sounds a little too good to be true! But there is always hope!
Guest theplayer Posted February 1, 2003 Report Posted February 1, 2003 Hi No I am based in the UK, called 150 to have International roming activated and also to check the GPRS was available in Italy and how much to access, operator said that the call was free. If this is not the case, then I and maybe others who have been charged can query this with Orange as im sure they record all calls. If not then a call to Offtel im sure would apply additional pressure on Orange to supply specific and correct information to its customers. Matt
Guest strathclydezero Posted February 5, 2003 Report Posted February 5, 2003 I was in Dublin this weekend and had GPRS access (the G at the top of the screen) on Eircom (Vodafone). I didn't use it, I was told by customer services GPRS is £10/meg for roaming.
Guest Big Ron - No Longer a Mem Posted February 6, 2003 Report Posted February 6, 2003 "I was in Dublin this weekend and had GPRS access (the G at the top of the screen) on Eircom (Vodafone). I didn't use it, I was told by customer services GPRS is £10/meg for roaming." Maybe the previous "keep within the 10 meg and there's no charge" was a misunderstanding. The "international GPRS roaming costs £10 a meg" is the right answer. Sadly, until just before the SPV's launch, due to billing-system incompatibility between Europe and UK, GPRS roaming was FREE, essentially because nobody could work out how to charge for it! (Not something that was made widely known!) Right after the SPV launched, they got together and worked something out. Now it's a flat £10 per meg over and above your SPV Promo £6.
Guest idoru Posted February 6, 2003 Report Posted February 6, 2003 Hi, I am in Ireland at the mo' and I can safely say the Guinness is still as good as last remembered :) Regardless of the cost of GPRS when roaming, I can't connect here while I am in Ireland. I get the G sign on both eircom (vodafone) and digifone (O2) but I can't connect. Orange doesn't have a partnership with either of the two providers and so its not possible to connect (this is my understanding). My connection keeps getting rejected :evil: Its a bummer baby ....
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